RAID array disappeared???

[Sciascia]

I updated the BIOS and the drivers to the latest and now the drive doesn't show up. It is in device manager and seems to think that it is there. I also ran the FT Utility and it sees the drives. Any ideas? I even rebuit the array a couple of times.

[Ted222]

There should be a setting to RESET CONFIGURATION DATA in your BIOS. When you say YES to this it will reboot and take a NEW snapshot of your perifials(sp) and then come back up DISABLED.

I had to use this with my Fasttrak to get the BIOS to see it once before.

Good Luck,

Ted

[Pooh]

Hi Ted

I'm afraid that my suggestion is not of much practicle use but it sure as hell makes you feel a lot better.

I suggest that you adopt the "dirty big bloody hammer approach" and see if that rectifies your problem.

regards

Pooh

[Rob100]

Maybe you need to assign a drive letter to the array again?

Right click on "My Computer" and choose "Manage", then choose storage/disk management. Find the array in the list, right click on it and choose "Change Drive Letter and Path". Now click "Add" - the rest is obvious.

I have a similar problem sometimes when inserting a caddy drive for the first time after re-installing Win2k.

Hope the helps.

Rob.

[Sciascia]

Thanks a lot Rob!

That was it, I am formatting it right now. I was pretty stumped there. Hopefully it will reconnect after I reboot.

[Rob100]

Glad you're sorted now...